BTW - My Favorite Tucson Bead Shop

I needed to sneak out and order a birthday cake for my Mom a couple days ago ("Having you here is birthday party enough" was not going to fly with her kids :-)) so Emma and I said we needed (NEEDED) to pay a visit to my favorite Tucson bead store, A Bead Carnival, to check out their wears and get some of my favorite stringing wire (Betsy Beader). Here is a look at what I bought!

The silver ones in front are vintage lucite - the cubes are big but super light - I am picturing some architectural/geometric earrings. The blue ones are matte glass ($4 a strand on sale) and the white disks are white howlite. And I had to get more red velvet crystals - love them.

I splurged on these - vintage glass in a bright matte orange. Apparently what you need to get me to buy beads is say, "vintage."

It's an unusually rainy day here in Tucson (that's why I am goofing around on my lap top) - but even when raining it's beautiful :-)

2 Comments

Hi Elisabeth,Those are beautiful beads. Have fun creating beautiful pieces with them. Is that a picture from out side of your home? It is beautiful I would not mind at all looking out onto that everyday.Therese

Elisabeth

Elisabeth has been crafty all her life, but beads and jewelry have been her focus for the last few years. A class in lamp working inspired her to build a studio and focus on working with flames and hot glass. Elisabeth lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, two kids, and dogs Layla and Griffin, all who are frequent stars of this blog.